Today Commissioner Jean Claude Junker announced the structure of the new European Commission, that will manage and execute European policies in the next 5 years term (starting from November 2014). The new […]
Telecoms investments in the EU: the controversial data of the European Commission
The European Commission published a Report on the telecommunications market in the EU, providing both economic and regulatory information with regard to the each Member States as well as to the EU in its […]
The European Parliament breaks to pieces the Single Market reform of Commissioner Kroes
Today the European Parliament published the report of the ITRE committee regarding the Connected Continent regulation proposed by Neelie Kroes, commissioner for the Digital Agenda, on September 11, 2013. The report constitutes a […]
Berec shakes the Commission again and rules in favour of cheaper prices for telecoms
Berec, the European agency grouping the national telecom regulators, has rejected the serious doubts expressed by the European Commission vis-à-vis the decision of Italian regulator AGCOM to decrease the price of access […]
The European telecom regulators reject the Single Market proposal
(See below the Update of October 17, 2013, concerning the final opinion of Berec) Berec, the European agency based in Riga representing the national telecom regulators (such as AGCOM, ARCEP, OFCOM ecc) […]
The concerns about financial stability of incumbents take priority over the regulatory agenda of the European Commission
Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, appears to be more committed to preserve the financial stability of historical telcos (incumbents) rather than pursuing a consistent and credible regulatory agenda […]
Fine della regolamentazione, fine della concorrenza nell’Unione Europea?
Potrebbe essere un ulteriore passo verso lo sgretolamento della concorrenza nelle telecomunicazioni in Europa, con ripercussioni pesanti anche per tutto il sistema Internet. La notizia è solo apparentemente tecnica: come previsto dalla […]
La Commissione Europea usa i poteri forti (per la prima volta)
La Commissione Europea ha adottato una raccomandazione ai sensi dell’articolo 7a della Direttiva Framework (direttiva 2002/21/EC), chiedendo formalmente ad un regolatore nazionale (l’olandese OPTA, nel caso di specie) di ritirare o eventualmente […]